The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, December 17, 1891, Image 1
VOL. XVIII, NO. 51.
DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1891.
WHOLE NUMBER 882.
A Column oT News, Personal and OtK- t j ™ ..
Manv j AAjdg'e, A. F. M., on W.ednesdav
1 | night of last week, the follow-
MATTER3 IN AND ARb'JND FROS-
PEFOUS DARLINGTON.
ervwise,
of
Interest to
Readers.
Our
LOCAUMEVITIES. mason,cmattlrs. DEATH BY ACCIDENT.
1 Election of Officers for St. David’s
Lodge, A. F. M.—Celebration of j MR. JAMES T. MILLER, OF LANCAS
St. John's Day. TER, KILLS HIMSELF.
At, a meeting of St. David’s *
A. F. M., on Wednesday While Attempting to Alight From :
^ r .. , Wagon a Load From a Shot-Gun is
; ing officers were elected for the Lodged in His Breast.—The Ac-
next week will be I en T 8U ”'^ year; - W. E. James, cident Occurred Near Ear-
i \V orshlpful Master; J. L. ly’s Cross Roads.
has re-1 Pairott, "junior V Warden'‘ R A man. named
Player’s Keith Dargan, Secretary; H. 1 ; Mlller > accidentally
| McHodge, Treasurer. The ap- near Early’s
Misses Annie and Meta Wil- ffieS nStin^ 1 ' 1 be flUt ‘ d at ^ Wednesday morning
liamson liave returned from a i December ,27" “St. John’s ' i g ' * 'j - r -- 1 er w ® 8 u
visit to New York. ' Day’’, is always a great daj-l^ ,1<1Ier f nd was travelling
r ^ ; among Masons and St. David’s throu Sh the country m company
Mr. J. H. Mason, of Winston, i Lodge
this
PROF. T. E. HART.
THE LEGISLATURE.
An
Friday of
Christmas.
Mr. C. B. Edwards
moved to Mrs. M. E.
residence.
observing
joyable. As “St. John’s Day
j comes this year on Sunday, the
I celebration will be held on the
i i following day, Monday, the 28
! inst.
McCall &
line
Burch
purposes
N. C., was in town tlit.week ’’
visiting relatives and friends at
this place.
Rev. W. A. Guerry will con
duct services in the Episcopal
Chapel on Sunday eveningnext, |
at 7.30 o’clock.
Mr. Frank James, of Cheraw,
has accepted a position as clerk
at the Cheraw and Darlington
Darlington depot.
We were misinformed about
the Sixteenth Century entertain- a nice
ment. It is not to be a “ball”, cheap for Xmas,
but merely a “party”.
The Atlantic Coast Line will' extension of time.
give excursion rates to Charles
ton from all points on the road |
druing the Christmas holidays.
The subject for the meeting
of the Y. M. C. A., on Sunday
next at 3:15 p. M., is: “Sure
Prosperity,” II Chronicles XIV, j February 20, 1892. but in spite
I of the Governor's action the
Mr. A. W. Welling has re- t * me * las ^ >een extended. Under
moved into his new residence on t' 1 ' 3 statutes, the Comptroller
Broad Street. It has just been! General Pan >. should he see fit,
completed and is very hand-1 ex t e nd the time. On Tuesday
some.
class. Mr.
as tutor and adjunct professor
of natural philosophy and chem-
_ - - istry at Furman University un-
year. 1 he nature of* the son. The two men were riding til July, 1858. He was never a
celebration has been left to the; j n a w n jjjji h , student there. He went to Eu-
cornmittee on arrangements, ; 1 ■ i, , , , i rope soon after leaviner Eurman
of Messrs ,T. 1..' ^ M» torrellod shot gun nii'l I f.LeSity al,,l speot illaHv
Michie, R. Keith Dargan, C. just previous to the accident he J eight yeara in preparing'himself
Alexander and J. A. Boyd, who!had killed a bird.. He madejtoteachmathematicsand chem-
w ill see to it that the occasion! an attempt to discharge the is t ,- y* He was so thorough in
is made most pleasant and en-, other load but the gun failed to! ® verythin ^ he ] undertook that
b he was selected to correct the
‘ proof sheets of a new and ad-
” ' ien near the residence of! vanced work on mathematics,
in preference to native students,
Interesting Sketch of a Talented
Darlingtonian.
“J. J. L,” of Society Hill,
furnishes the Nvws'and Courier
with the following interesting
sketch of Prof. Thos. E. Hart,
who died recently in Charleston:
L“Prof. Hart graduated second
I in the class of 1854, the brave
James | and gallant Jenkins being first, j i n the House of Representa-i “l 1 ®* dau 8 hte , r ” n " K ' h (;f
i,:n„,j ,Col. Coward, the able efh- .. „ . ,. , her father under all circumstan-
I cient superintendent of the Cit-i D ves ° n Tuesday of last week a ceg When even the dogs wore
Cross | adel. and Capt Charles T. Has- • bill making Labor Day, the first* chased out of the nov'list’s
kell, who was killed in battle on Monday in September, a legal study, Mamie was allowed to
Morris Island, were also of this holiday was passed. This, how- sta y* The daughter is now a
Hart was engaged nvnr wi il nnt. nffif-ini ^i es 'f ul ! Sfrown womaii, living quiet-
1 ly just outside of London, h or
the first time since her father’s
WHAT OUR LAWMAKERS DID DUR
ING THE PAST WEEK.
The Anti Free Pass Bill Passes the
House.—The Senate and House
Have to Agree on Certain
Amendments Before it Goes
to the Governor.
In the House of Representa-
DICKENS’ PET DAUGHTER.
The Greai Novelist's Favorite “Mamie”
to Write of Her Father.
Pretty “Mamie” Dickens was
already considered by those who
knew Charles Dickens best to
be the novelist's favorite daught
er. To none of his children,
perhaps, was Dickens more af
fectionately attached, and the
Mr. T E. Early, his companion
went into a house to trade. In
— . the meantime Mr. Miller at-
are onering | tempted to get out of the wagon
of glassware very in order to do some trading'also,
and, while making the attempt,
the gun which only u few min-
i utes before had refused to fire
discharged its entire contents
in his right breast. His compan-
ion on hearing the report of the
Governor Tillman refused to ! gun repaired to the scene, where
sign the joint resolution of the he found Mr. Miller lying on one
Legislature extending the time side of the public road and ins
for the payment of taxes until gun on the other.
The wounded man was carried
to a colored school house near
axpaye
Will Have Indulgence
Some Time.
Rev. A. H. Lester, who until
recently had charge of the Meth
odist Church at Cartersville, is
quite sick with the grip in Co
lumbia. ,
The street leading from Pearl
Street to Broad, between the
residences of J. J. Ward, Esq.,
and Mrs. A. M. Edwards, is
being widened.
Lynn Wilds, the old colored
man who formerly carried the
mails to and from the trains,
has been again awarded the
contract for the work.
Rev. J. A. Rice did not preach
in the Methodist Church Sunday ! lfhe doPR neither within that
night. The Presbyterian Church time the bill becomes a law.
was the only one in which ser
vices were held that night.
time. On
| General Ellerbee exercised this
j authority and notified the
j county treasurers that the time
; had been extended, without
penalty. A number of people
were “on tiie anxious bench”
in regard to the matter, but
their minds may now be set at
rest.
The general concensus of
opinion is that, even if the
Comptroller General had not
extended the time, the joint re-
j solution calling for the exten
sion would have become a law.
I The Governor has a certain
j number of days, while the
Legislature is in session, in
i which to sign or veto a hill anil
by one of the professors of the
great University of Heidelberg,
where he took the degree of Ph
1). He was probably the first
South Carolinian to receive this
degree. An original mathemat
in
was
ever, will not affect official sa
and other legal contracts for'
that day. The bill authorizing death, Miss Dickens has been
county commissioners to require I persuaded to write of him whom
inhabitants of towns of one
thousand or more to work the
streets of said towns was killed
in the Senate on the same day.
The first charter ever granted
by the State to a farmers’ insu-
sance company was granted by
the Legislature to the Farmers’
Mutual, of Chester.
On Wednesday of last week
the bill
furnish
she knew so well. During 1892
there will be published in the
i Ladies' Home Journal, of Phil-
| adelphia, a series of articles by
, Miss Dickens under the attract
ive title of “My Father as 1 Re-
jeall Him.” Fortunately for the
thousands who will read what
she writes in this series, Miss
Dickens has a retentive memory,
and she made copious notes dur
ing her father’s
DARLINGTON COUNTY.
lifetime. She
requiring railroads to I will tell in this series everything
separate coaches for ■ she remembers of her father;
white and colored passengers I how he educated his children;
passed the Housei j his family life and his personal
On Thursday the Senate pass-! habits; how he wrote his famous
ical problem of Mr. Hart’s was I ed a bill providing for a home hooks: his love of flowers and
thought so highly of by the Uni- for indigent ex-Confederates.: animals; how Christinas was
versity that an appropriation; On Friday, however, the bill spent in the Dickens household;
was made for its publication, was recommitted. In the House how the novelist romped with
He returned to his native State on the same day, a bill to re- his children; the famous people
soon after the close of the Con- quire a person to pass an exam- who came to the pickens home,
stitutiona! war thoroughly, pre- ination before a State medical and his last years and closing
pared to teach and soon found j board before he could be li- days. No articles ever published
employment at Furman Univer-; censed to practice medicine was have in them so much promise
sity, afterwards at a Kentucky passed. This is merely a re-1 of telling the world things which
by and given all the attention ] college at Russellville, and then ! establishment of the old system \ it has never known of Dickens,
at the South Carolina University | instead of the present county and Miss Dickens’ story of her
boards. j father’s life will be eagerly
The joint resolution calling a | looked for in thousands of homes
constitutional convention occu-1 where the name of Dickens is
pied the attention of the House! like a household word,
on Friday. It has not passed j
the slightest degree his great that body yet, but h::s already |
intellectual acquirements. He passed the Senate. The bill to I
died as he had lived a Christian prohibit State officers and mem- ;
gentleman.” ! bers of the Legislature accept-j
•*- —- j ing free passes on the railroads
Do you want a suit, a pair of passed the House on Saturday.
possible. The accident occurred
about nine o’clock and Mr. Mil-1 Columbia. Overwork while
ler died about two hours later. | at Heidelberg gradually told on
I he corunor held an inquestJ his nervaus system, and at last
that afternoon and the verdict made him a physical wreck,
of the jury was that the deceased ! without impairing, however, in
came to his death by accidental
ly killing himself.
Mr. Miller was about thirty-
five years old and leaves a wife
and two children. His remains
were sent to his home in Ker
shaw, Lancaster County, for in-1 slices, a hat, or
NEWS OF ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD
BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
What Our Neighbors Are Doing And
Saying.- A Brief Resume of the
Week.
ASHLAND.
—Those who sowed oats early
have tine stands.
Mr. W. L. Smith, of Kelly-
town, is dangerously ill with
fever.
—Mr. Vance Henckle, of Len
oir N. C., spent part of last
week in Ashland trading in
stock.
—Mr. Howard, the teacher of
vocal music, lias just finished
instructing a class at Savanna
Chapel.
—Mr. T. J. Prince, professor
of penmanship at the Bishop-
ville High School, is teaching a
class at Pleasant Grove.
—Mr. Wesley Moore has erect
ed a neat building on his “Gat
ling place” about half a mile
west of Ashland. The building
boom continues.
j n j Fifth Judicial Circuit, B. L.
terment.
Apples, oranges, nuts, cand
ies, raisins, etc, for the Holidays,
at Blackwell Bros.
WHO WAS IT?
A Prominent Gentleman Would Enter
tain Only Anti-Tillman Delegates
at the Recent Conference.
a bargain?
well Bros.
If
Gen. W. E. James attended
the annual meetingof the Grand
Lodge of Ancient Free Masons
of South Carolina, which was
held in Charleston last week.
The “grip” has reached Dar-
lington on its annual visit and
has found many victims among
our people. In fact almost ev
erybody is suffering, more or
less, from it.
The up passenger train on the
C. & D. railroad ran over and
killed a cow, belonging to Jack
Williamson, colored, on Satur
day night, near Mr. G. M Mc-
Cown’s place.
The recently elected deacons
of the Presbyterian Church were
installed last Sunday. The new
elders will be ordained on Sun-
dav next, immediately after the
morning services.
Mr. R. R. Wood, who has been
in business with Mr. J H. Early
for some time past, will return
to his former home in Columbia
about January 1 and will re
sume business there.
The News has received an
invitation to attend the annual
joint contest between the Clari-
osophic and Euphradian So
cieties of the South Carolina
College, to be held on the 22
inst.
Mr. E. G. Orrell has resigned
the agency of the Southern Ex
press Company at this place.
The position has been offered
Mr. L. M. Norment but he has
not decided yet whether he will
accept.
The people of- Darlington are
beginning to appreciate the fact
that as good work is done at
The News job office as can be
obtained in Charleston or Col
umbia and are patronizing it
liberally.
“Montana Charlie” gave his
exhibition on Saturday. He
failed to show any great skill
with the rifle. On Saturday
night he sent up apaper balloon
ed
— 1 The Sumter Advance contains ,
Sweet Florida oranges; 25 to j the following: “A prominent § ro ™. ^ tl3a
35 cts per dozen, at Blackwell j gentleman in one of our neigh
Bros.
South, in South Carolina during
boring towns, (name can be fur- 1 t | ie ! )ast year—and a gratify ing
■ •- — nished if necessary),at the meet- showing it is:
will GO TO EUROPE. i il g 0 f a certain conference held I . J’ mancial report aid pre-
0l)en ! siding elders, $‘14,980.50; pastors
Dr. W. J. Garner To Take Postgradu- |
ate Courses in Medicine at Univer
sities In Germany and Austria.
Dr. W. J. Garner will leave!
about the first of the new year I
for Europe, where he will take patgn,
a postgraduate course in gener- could sleep under the same roof
al medicine and special instruc-' with him. l\o one, he thought,
Consumption Cured.
An old physician, retired from
practice, having had placed in
his hands by an East India mis
sionary the formula of a simple
vegetable remedy for the speedy
adies cloak'at This bill had already passed the and permanent cure of Con
go to Black-) Senate, but the two bodies differ sumption. Bronchitis, Catarrh,
i on certain amendments and thev ; Asthma and all Throat and Lung
will have to agree before the Affectiou8 > als0 a positive and
SOUTH CAROLINA methodiots. bill goes to the Governor. On radical cure of Nervous Debility
the same day a bill was intro- ! and a11 Nervous Complaints, af-
Fmanciai Condition and Growth of the qneed into the House providing i t ,er having tested its wonderful
Church During the Past Yea;-. f or a revision of the registration ; curative powers in thousands of
The following reports, submit- ! lists of Darlington County. cases, has fe't it lus duty to
ted to the annual Conference On Friday the bill providing make it known to his suffering
! just closed at Derlington. show that notes and like papers ma-j*V Uows - Actuated by this mo
tile financial condition and turing on Sunday or a legal hoi-! tive and a desire to relieve hu-
E Church, iday should be considered ma-1 n l aa suffenng, I wdl send free
tured on the day following pass- 1 of charge, to all who desire it.
ed the House. The bill convert- this recipe, in German, French
ing the bridge over the Pee Dee ()r English, with full directions
at Cheraw into a free bridge j f°r preparing and using. Sent
passed the Senate on the same | b i' mail by addressing with
The Senate committee on | stamp, naming this paper. W.
A. Noyes, 820 1'owers’ Block,
w a s nerfectlv i an d assistants, $108,323.99, in- day. i he Senate comimtte
innnvnnmBer crease $135.41; bishops’ fund.; incorporations reported fav
many numon *1 ia. hlv the hill tn ume,,,!
vora-
on the bill to amend the
for- charter of the town of Lamar.
to seek a new field.
in that place, declared in
meeting” that he
willing to entertain»uy iiumuei i * „ i.
of delegates, but they must i n(, 3-37,_ increase^. 1.10; confer-, y
stand an examination as to their | e ! lc0 c.aimants, $8,833.8 q
standing during the last cam- \ e, £ n missions, .1 430.4-5, in-
as none But straightoui8 lcreas « .f 9 ?’ 2 - 2 !’ d ' ime8tlc ^is-
'sions, $10,482.44; church exten-J ~
i u sion, $3,199.92, increase $31*2.80; Two of Darlin * ton s
tion in diseases of the eyo, ear. could be conscientious in preach-; c ducat,on - | 2 ’ 952 o:d l ,ul,llcatl ‘ ,n
nose and throat. The Doctor! ing the Gospel and vote for a ™l ri ^ 8 ’ other objects.;
will take a three mouth’s course ( blasphemer like Tillman. This 8,1 increase .,8,.. 7.35,
in Berlin and nine months in ) caused a good deal of a sensa- nr, .
Vienna, at the end of which tion, but he obtained twelve eli- 1 . ncr ? a ^. e Darlington and
time he will return to Darling- gibie
ton to resume the practice of Board
his profession. He will prob
ably be accompanied during his Red rust proof oats at McCall
stay in Europe by Dr. E. J. & Burch s at 05 cts per bu.
Rochester, N. Y.
Kind Words From Bennettsville.
The Bennettsville Batiner, of
) last week, says: “A large num-
Young Men Will j her of Marlboro Methodists vis-
Remove to Roanoke, Va., Where ' ited Darlington and the Confor-
They Will Engage in Business. | <‘nce during the past week.
,, o ci tv , i t i i Everyone is loud in praise
Messrs. 8. b. Burch and John | fl ,„ „„h„. -
D. Baird have decided to leav
will seek their
e applicants for his ‘bed and l>v Sunday schools for missions, fortunes in the rapidly develop- i itg f u]1 ' ca pac
•d’ and is perfectly happy.” expended for Sunday ing section of Western 3 irgima. tention ' id
rT school literature, $8,8(>4.b3, in-1 The city m which they will; ^
__ _ _ Goak on I c .*,.1 i— , i. cl. • i. • TT_ guesis.
Wannamaker, w h o several
years ago was employed in Dr.
Boyd’s drug store. Dr. Garner
is a promising young physician
and this opportunity of finish
ing his studies at such cele
brated universities will be of
great benefit to him.
See McCall & Burch’s bargain
and remnant counter for Xmas.
AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOR.
Failure to Hold the Next Meeting Will
Cause the Suspension of the Local
Council.
We are requested by Mr. I.
Lewenthal, Commander of Coun
cil No. 799, American Legion of
Honor, to state that the next
meeting of the Council will be
held on Thursday night, the 24
inst. The election of officers
for the ensuing year will be held i )e en erected on the site of the
and other important business ; one destroyed in January last,
transacted. Should this meet- 'f i ier() j s no clue to the origin of
ing fail to materialize, thenum- t i ie ffre.
her of such failures allowed by —
the constitution will have been the c., s. & N. railroad.
reached, and the Council will]
therefore be suspended. On Two of the Passenger Trains Taken
this account it is earnestly re- Off.—Freight Trains Now Carry
at-
WORK OF THE FLAMES.
Tiie Barn of Messrs J. C. and H. M.
Willcox For the Second Time De
stroyed by Fire.
The barn on Messrs J. C. and
H. M. Willcox’s place, about
four miles from town, was de
stroyed by lire just before day
! on Friday morning last. In the
building at the time were four
bales of cotton, a lot of cotton
seed, 38 bushels of peas, 265
, bushels of corn, besides other
storage matter and a number of
farming implements and all of
these the flames destroyed. The
loss was about $1,100, but in
surance covered $750 of it. This
is the second time during the
present year that these gentle
men have lost their barn by ffre,
the building just burned having
crease $305 80. Grand total for
all purposes, $273,407.51.
Statistical r e p o r t—Local
preachers, 152, white members,
09,131, increase 2,258: baptism,
infants 2,281, adults 1,778, in
crease 258; Sunday schools, 680,
increase 7; officers and teachers,
4,709; pupils, 38,725, increase
103; church buildings, 061, in
crease 11; parsonages, 148, in
crease 3.
Value of church property—
Church buildings, $817,088.50,
increase $39,148.50. Parsonages,
$215,540.75. Value of other
church property, $137,340, in
crease $11,904.50. Grand total,
$1,170,575.25.
young men regret to have them
leave, they all wish them every
—...— success in their new venture.
McCall & Burch are offering j Mrs. N. A. Huggins, Mrs.
their entire line of gents and, Burch's mother, will also remove
boys’ clothing at cost for cash to Roanoke,
for next 30 days.
is loud in praise of
I the cultured hospitality of the
X e | electric-lighted city of the Pee
: ” r Dee. Every house was taxed to
capacity, and every at-
to the town’s
iiwy win ! „ uests
make their new home is Roanoke j °
and they will remove there about
the middle of January. They
will engage in the merchandise
brokerage and insurance busi
ness, under the firm name of 1
Burch & Baird.
Mr. Burch will retire on Jan
uary 1 from his present position , T . XT
as a member of the firm of Ed-j a . ewark, x . . i . i
wards, Norment & Co. and as various physicians .and took
its bookkeeper. He has sold his numberless preparations recom-
interest in tlui business to the mended as sure cures,
remaining members of the firm.
Mr. Baird is at present a clerk , „ ,, lt , ,
in the same establishment. ■ fi nad y .C amo South, and while
While the many friends of these dere tned new remedies, said to
' 1 always cure malaria, and it still
Malaria and Broken-Down Constitution
Waycross, Ga.
Dr. W. H. Whitehead:
Dear Sir—At your request I
I w ill state my case. Some years
ago I contracted malaria in its
S most violent form while living
J. I consulted
but it
stuck to me like a brother—or
more like a mother-in-law. I
which appeared to be much en
joyed by the crowd of colored
spectators.
Important notices concerning
meetings of the Darlington
County Fanners’ Alliance and
Cak Ridge Institute.
This well known institution
! lias just closed the most pros
perous year, during which time
, the enrollment has been over
SHOT HIM ON SIGHT.
300 students. The new building
has just received the finishing | ^“ w u " 8 ^ Mother*of 'Mr"'wTh
| stuck to me, and you know tin
I broken-down condition I w*as in
! when I came to your P. P. P.
| (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and
j Potassium), and I improved rap-
i idly, and am to-day in as good
! health as I ever was—in fact
I better. Asaremedyforabrok-
a Brother of Mr. w. H. Gilliland Killed erdown constitution it has no
by the Town Marshal of Easley. | equal. Yours, etc.,
Mr. Langdon T. Gilliland was T.’, 1 ^ CoTTLE '
shot and killed in Easley, Pick- DARLINGTON cotton market
ens County, by the town mar-
shal on Wednesday of last week. For the Week Ending Wednesday, De-
quested that every member
tend. ^ ^
A BUSINESS CHANGE.
The Firm of
Dissolved
Haynsworth & Boyd
by Mutual Consent.
Passengers.
The early morning train fori
taken off the Charleston, Sumter
and Northern Railroad, leaving
tt .u o, But one passenger train daily!
Messrs Haynsworth & Bojd, each way T1 8 time for th ,..
who have been couduc g e j eav j n g 0 f t], p northbound pas- 1
v^uumy x* tn uu3i n Aiiiouw I furniture business in Dai J, genger has been rhamred frorr
of the stockholders of the Dar- ton for seme years past, ha^e
lissolved their copartnership
ful illustrated pamphlet descrip
tive of the school.
The Darlington Guards,
recent meeting of
Gilliland, who for several years'
clerked in a drug store at this
place. The following is tiie ac
count of the killing given by the
Easley correspondent of the
~r. H. Gr
n
cember 16.
Good Middling,
Middling, 0! ■
Strict Low Middling, 05
Low Middling, 6}
Parallels Mutable.
Prof. S. C. Chandler read be
fore the Boston Scientific Socie
ty, of Boston, Mass., recently,
an analysis of observations
showing that the j^irallels of
lington Farmers’ Alliance Com
pany are published in this issue.
Both meetings will be held on
Friday, January 1.
At a meeting of the State Bar
Association, in Columbia, on
Wednesday night of last week,
J. E. Nettles, Esq.., was elected
a member of the general coun
cil and C. S. Nettles, Esq., a
member of the local council. G.
W. Brown, Esq., is a member
of the reception committee.
by"mutual consent,* Mr. Boyd
selling his interest in the store
to Mr. Haynsworth. The latter
will continue the business at
the present stand, where he
will be glad to see his friends
and customers. Mr. Boyd pur
poses travelling in the interests
of several large furniture
houses.
« #»---«*•
If your boy needs a toy wag
on go to Blackwell Bros.
touches and the school will
move into it for the first time
on January 0th, the opening of
the spring term. Send to Mes
<uv/iuiug iu. srs ' A ’ ^ Holt Oak
Charleston and the night train ^ • p ' ^ or tbeir beauti- ^tate': “W. H. Green, town mar-
for Bennettsville have been fal illustrated pamplilet descrip- 8 hal of this place, shot and killed
i Langdon 1. Gilliland about 5
i o’clock this afternoon. A few
nights ago Gilliland cut Green
At a recent meeting of the; ia the face with a knife, when „
Darlington Guards the follow- intoxicated. Green at the time latitude, which were commonly
senger has been changed from; ing noncommissioned officers was trying to persuade Gilliland | supposed to be fixed lines, are
a. M. to 11:42 a. M. The were appointed: B. F. William-. to go home. Bad blood has ex- really mutable. In general Pro-
southbound passenger leaves at | son, First Sergeant; M. T. Lide, isted between them since. Green'fessor Chandler’s discovery is
at the same time in the after- SecondSergeant and P S. Wilds, was informed that Gilliland had that the pole of the earth re-
noon as heretofore, namely, Third Sergeant. Tho Adjutant threatened to kill him on sight, volves about a circumference,
5:29 o’clock. and Inspector General has is- ( They met at Bruce & Co’s drug with about thirty feet radius, in
The freight trains on this road sued commissions to Messrs. S. store, wimn Green drew his pis- 427 days. This discovery, it is
S. Burch and R. E. James who; tol and snot him near the heart, claimed, accounts for many of
wero some weeks ago elected Gilliland expired in a few min- the discrepancies in astronomic-
First and Second Lieutenants j utes. Gilliland was a son of Dr. al observations which have been
R. J. Gilliland, a prominent and bothering astronomers for near-
STATE NEWS.
Gathered From Our Exchanges, And
Put in Paragraphs.
The next annual meeting of
the State Bar Association will
be held in Charleston on April
3, 1892.
A gold medal was awarded
the State of South Carolina for
her magnificent exhibit at the
Augusta Exposition.
Mr. Nathaniel Heyward, one
of the oldest and most highly
respected citizens of the State,
died in Columbia on the 11 inst.
A Alliance publishing house
is to he established in Columbia,
for the publication of the Colton
1'lant and other Alliance litera
ture.
An Inter-Collegiate Confer
ence of representative students
from the Youg Men’s Christian
Association of all the colleges
in South Carolina will be held
in Columbia, December 18-20.
At the recent meeting of tho
State Bar Association the fol
lowing officers were elected:
President, S. P. Hamilton; Vice
Presidents, First Judicial Cir-
mt. elon. euit, James Simons; Second
—Mr. M. A. Witherspoon is! Judicial Circuit, Robert
building an addition to his resi- ; Aldrich; Third Judicial
donee. ! Circuit, J. F. Rhame; Fourth
Messrs Fields Bros, are | Jud * c ial Circuit, J. M. Johnson;
meeting with great success
ginning.
—Tiie Baptist Church has
purchased a lot of five acres ad
joining the parsonage.
—We trust that the approach
ing Christmas will be a happy
one to all and that there will not
he the usual shooting and cut
ting scrapes on that day.
—There was no preaching at
this place on Sunday as Rev.
Mr. Gresham had an appoint
ment to institute a Baptist
Church at Lamar on that day.
—There is great need in this
section of a law in regard to
geese and turkeys wandering
over people’s fields. They are
just as destructive to fall crops
as hogs. Trial Justice Josey
says numerous complaints have
been made to him on this sub
ject, but that there is no law to
cover the case.
CYPRESS.
—It is reported that there will
he several marriages at Cypress
this week, with more to follow
soon.
—Miss M. Hill, of Timmons-
ville. is spending some time
with relatives and friends at
this place.
Despite the hard times and
low prices for cotton a great
deal of building is going on in
this section.
—Several farmers in this sec
tion are sowing wheat. They
speak of reducing the acreage
in cotton next year.
—Ephraim Slater, a colored
man, lost his horse last week.
While travelling along the road
it stumbled and fell, breaking
one of its legs, and in conse
quence it had to be killed.
—All of our young men who
are off at college will spend
Christmas at home. Mr. C. W.
Harris has returned from Mt.
Pleasant. N. C., where he has
been attending school. He is
now very sick with measles.
—Mrs. Marie Stuart died at
her home near this place on
Wednesday of last week. She
was a very highly respected
lady and had always been a
consistent member of the Meth-
odist Church. She leaves
several sons and daughters to
mourn her loss.
A quire of paper and a pack
age of envelopes, real Irish lin
en, for 15cts atthe bookstore. Ot
»
REDEEMING STAMPED ENVELOPES.
The Government Will Redeem Stamped
Envelopes or Wrappers Which Have
Been Misdirected and Thus
Rendered Useless.
[New York Trib’.ne.]
It is not generally known that
the United States post office au
thorities will redeem stamped
wrappers or envelopes which
have been misdirected and so
made useless. Such is the case,
however, arid the clerk who lias
this business in charge at the
general post office in this city
takes back thousands of dollars’
worth of them every year. His
best customers are large Bank
ing houses and other concerns
which keep numbers of envel
opes on hand, already address
ed to particular customers. The
customer dies, moves away,
fails or transfers his account or
business to a rival firm, and all
the envelopes addressed to him
are useless and would be a dead
loss if Uncle Sam were not will-
to redeem them. This has
riow carry passengers. The
following is tiie schedule of these
trains: The freight going south
arrives at Darlington at 8:45 a. respectively.
M. and leaves 9:45 a. m., and the
freight going north arrives at
Darlington at 10:55 a. m. and
leaves at 12.01 r. m.
The Reynolds shoe will last
you 12 months; buy it of Black-
well Bros.
| highly respected citizen of this ! ly 200 years. Mr ^Chandler
place. Green at once went to states that his conclusions have
the court house and surrendered! been verified by observations in
himself to the sheriff.” 1 England, France and America.
leu to attempts at fraud. Some
times the postage stamp on an
envelope that comes through
the post office is missed by the
cancelling stamp, and then by
tearing the cancellation mark
off the mutilated envelope with
uncancelled stamp, has been
offered for redemption. Envel
opes will not be redeemed,
though, unless they are whole
and unmutilated. Neither will
the redemption be made in
money, but always in postage
stamps.
Abney; Sixth Judicial Circuit,
J. F. Hart; Seventh Judicial Cir
cuit, J. F. J. Caldwell; Eighth
Judicial Circuit. M. F. Ansel;
Secretary, John P. Thowas, Jr.,
of Columbia; Treasurer, J.
Marshall.
At a meeting of trie directors
of the State Alliance Exchange
he'd in Columbia on Friday last
matters pertaining to the re
moval of the Exchange to that
city in January next were dis
cussed and acted upon. The
most important matter was the
election of Col. D. P. Duncan as
manager of the Exchange. He
was elected in place of it. L.
Donaldson, who has held the
position ever sincethe Exchange
was organized. When it was
decided last summer to remove
the Exchange to Columbia Mr.
Donaldson handed in his resig
nation, saying he could not give
up his other business to remove
there.
The Secretary of the Treasury
has submitted his estimates of
appropriations for tiie fiscal year
ending June 30, 1893, to Con
gress. Amom: the items are
the following of interest for
South Carolina: For the con
struction of the dry dock at
Port Royal, tiie sum of $150,000
additional is asked for; for the
the completion of custom house
building at Charleston $50,000
is asked; for improvement of
Lumber river, North and South
Carolina, $20,000; Beaufort riv
er, completion, $12,500; Clark
river, $2,600; Congaree river,
continuing improvement, $2,500;
Edisto river, $7,385; Great Pee
Dee river, $30,000; Little Pee
Dee river, $20,000; Mingo creek,
$7,500; Santee river, $200,000;
Waccamaw river, North and
South Carolina, $30,000; Wap-
poo Cut, $45,000, and Wateree
river, $0,500.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world
for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers,
Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 edits
per box. For sale at Willcox &
Co’s drug store.
The Effect of Discipline.
[Kate Field's Washington.]
“Just see how the chickens
mind the old hen, Robby?” said
Mrs. Norris to her son. “Watch
them run to her when she calls
them.”
I suppose she sat on them
when they were little,” remark
ed the infant phenomenon, re
flectively.
Full of Business.
[Cleveland Voice.]
“What’s the matter with you
two fellows?” said a patrolman
to two tramps. “Why don’t
you wash yourselves?”
We's too busy,” explained
one.
“Busy at what?”
“Scourin’ the country,” said
the other with a broad grin.
• • ■■■■■•
She Questioned His Truthfulness.
[Grip.]
He—“I love you.”
She—“How do you know?”
He—“I feel it in my heart!”
She—“But you told me a min
ute ago that you had lost your
heart!”
He—“I—I—I ”
She—“Don’t try to excuse
yourself. You have clearly
shown yourself a liar, and with
a liar I’ll have nothing to do.
Good-night.”
piREDITOKS’ NOTICE All per-
sons indebted to the estate of Dr,
IV. A. Flayer, deceased, will make
payment immediately; and all jiersons
having claims against said estate will
esent them, properly proved, to
ELMA PLAYER, Executrix.
December 15,1891.
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